The Eldorado Of The Ancients

Author : Carl Peters
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 508 pages
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Download or read book The Eldorado of the Ancients written by Carl Peters and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "My discoveries show particularly that the "Ophir" of the time of Solomon was the country between the lower Bambesi and the Limpopo River."--Introd.

Author : Carl Peters
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Download or read book The Eldorado of the Ancients written by Carl Peters and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Karl Peters
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230293707
Total Pages : 100 pages
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Download or read book The Eldorado of the Ancients written by Karl Peters and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. Excerpt: ...saw the natives wash a few grains of gold out of a bucket of river-mud. They had dreamt of Inca treasures, but forgot that also the gold of the Peruvian Children of the Sun " was obtained a grain at a time." We newcomers are not frightened by this method of going to work. When we call to mind that the modern miners on the Rand fetch up hard ore from more than a thousand feet, out of the bowels of the earth, which ore mostly yields no more than 6 to 8 dwts., or not even half an ounce; when we consider that the companies that undertake this work still manage to show large profits, we shall be better able to appreciate the riches of Manicaland. If the old works go down to modern times they still go back in parts to times prehistoric. To the east of our Count Moltke Mine we found old underground buildings just like those in Inyanga. Throughout Manicaland one finds ancient Phoenician gravestones. The religious views of the Manicas are those of the Makalangas. From the Zambesi down to this region of the Upper Pungwe we find one and the same civilisation. And this reaches, as I discovered later, unbroken, down to the Sabi and the Lundi. In fact, I believe that everywhere where one finds the negro washing gold to-day, one may conclude that his first impulse to do so was derived from other races. PHOENICIAN GRAVESTONE IN MANICALAND. The negro himself is much too indolent and lazy to obtain any metal grain by grain through labour, when there is not the prospect of receiving something for his belly in exchange. It would never occur to him to wash or dig for gold, not even to satisfy his own desire for ornaments, if strangers had not come who had offered him something to eat and drink for it. I find it altogether superfluous to follow here every...

Author : Carl Peters
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780331952919
Total Pages : 466 pages
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Download or read book The Eldorado of the Ancients (Classic Reprint) written by Carl Peters and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-26 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Eldorado of the Ancients About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Karl 1856-1918 Peters
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ISBN 13 : 9781362004097
Total Pages : 478 pages
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Download or read book ELDORADO OF THE ANCIENTS written by Karl 1856-1918 Peters and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Karl Peters
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781341936449
Total Pages : 470 pages
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Download or read book The Eldorado of the Ancients written by Karl Peters and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Karl Peters
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Total Pages : 472 pages
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Download or read book The Eldorado of the Ancients written by Karl Peters and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kathryn Walker
Publisher : Crabtree Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780778741473
Total Pages : 36 pages
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Download or read book Mysteries of the Ancients written by Kathryn Walker and published by Crabtree Publishing Company. This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pyramids are a fascinating part of our history--but have you ever wondered if they were related to aliens from outer space? Is there really a city made of gold like in the story of El Dorado? This fascinating book examines the many myths and legends about our ancient past, searching for and finding facts about fascinating sites that include Stonehenge and the lost city of Tiahuanaco.

Author : Carl Peters
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ISBN 13 : 9780849017544
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Eldorado of the Ancients written by Carl Peters and published by . This book was released on 1976-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Thomas Dickey
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ISBN 13 : 9780867060812
Total Pages : 176 pages
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Download or read book The Kings of El Dorado written by Thomas Dickey and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text and lavish photographs present antiquities from the Chavin, Paracas, Moche, Inca, Chimu and Columbian Indian cultures that flourished in ancient Columbia and Peru.